Immune biomarkers in thymic epithelial tumors: expression patterns, prognostic value and comparison of diagnostic tests for PD-L1.

ABSTRACT: Background:Immunotherapy is currently under investigation in B3 Thymoma (TB3) and Thymic Carcinoma (TC). PD-L1 expression has been evaluated on a limited number of patients with selected antibodies. We aimed to analyze cohort of TB3 and TC with a panel of antibodies to assess the prevalence of PD-L1 expression, its prognostic value and to set up a reproducible test. Methods:We retrospectively studied 103 patients samples of FFPE histologically confirmed TB3 (n =?53) and TC (n =?50) by expert pathologists within the RYTHMIC national network. We compared PD-L1, PD1, CD8 and PD-L2 expression and performed correlation with tumor types and patients outcomes. Four PD-L1 antibodies were tested, three of them validated as companion tests in lung cancer, one tested on two automates on whole section of tumors. We evaluated the percentage and intensity of both epithelial and immune stained cells. Results:TB3 epithelial cells had a higher and more diffuse expression of PD-L1 than TC regardless the antibodies tested (p 

SUBMITTER: Rouquette I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6894111 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature